The Week Ahead
- Dec 15-19 Skating at Triwood Community Centre Outdoor Rink
- Dec 19 Last Day of Classes before Winter Break
- Dec 19 AM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)
Upcoming Dates
- Dec 20-Jan 4 Winter Break
- Jan 5 Classes Resume
- Jan 6 Group Photos
- Jan 8 Collingwood School Open House – 6:30PM
- Jan 9 PM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)
- Jan 12-23 Gymnastics Residency
- Jan 15 Fun Lunch – Subway & Booster Juice
- Jan 16 AM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)
- Jan 23 PM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)
- Jan 26-29 Mission Impossible
- Jan 30 Non instruction Day (No School)
- Feb 2 - 19 Visual Artist Residency - Heather Rozell
- Feb 6 AM Kindergarten attends
- Feb 12, 13 Teacher's Convention (No School)
- Feb 16 Family Day (No School)
- Feb 24 Report Cards available online
Interim Principal Announcement
Please see the attached letter about the Interim Principal who will be starting at school in January as well as a survey to provide input about the ongoing principal who will be hired later in the Spring.
Interim Principal Collingwood School
Outdoor Skating
All students grade K-6 will be going skating at the outdoor rinks at Triwood Community Centre Dec 15th - 19th. If the weather is too cold or too warm, skating will be cancelled for that day. We will make an announcement the night before whether or not skating willl proceed. At this point the weather looks good for Monday and Tuesday so far. We have booked the “Skate Shack”, which is a large trailer with skates and helmets for students to use. Students are welcome to bring their own skates and CSA approved helmets. No hockey sticks. All students are invited to participate in this activity, even if they have never skated before. We will have some chairs available on the ice for students to push around, and the older students and parent volunteers will help the new skaters. Please communicate with your child’s teacher if you have a wagon they can borrow to help transport skates and helmets to and from the rink. Please also make sure your child knows their shoe size so it is faster to distribute skates from the Skate Shack.
Skating- We need volunteers!
There are several open spots still for skating volunteers this week. We need lots of parent support to make this activity possible. Thank you to those of you who have already signed up.
Volunteers are needed to help shovel, distribute and tie up skates for skating on the outdoor rinks at Trwood Community Centre. Helping skaters on the ice is optional. All children and adults on the ice must have skates and helmets. Skates and helmets for children and adults are available in the skate shack. All volunteers must have their police security clearance and completed the annual volunteer registration form. When signing up, please note that the times listed are the on ice times. Please allow 30 minutes before and after to walk to and from the rink. Volunteers to shovel snow are only needed if it snows. An email about snow shovelling and skating will be sent out the night before.
Sign up for skating at the link below.
Collingwood Volunteer Opportunities, 2025-26)
Thank you for your support!
Art Cards and Other Items
Some of the items from the art card order were distributed on Friday. The cards and remaining items will be distributed by the end of the day on Tuesday.
Class Photos Jan 6, 2026
There were soime technical problems with the recent Class Group Photos. All class group photos will be retaken on January 6th. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Upcoming Fun Lunch Dates
In addition to December’s Fun Lunch, we have now confirmed the following dates for the remainder of the school year, January 2026 to May 2026
- January 15 - Subway + Booster Juice
- February 19 - Panago + Booster Juice
- March 12 - Mucho Burrito + Booster Juice
- April 16 - Boston Pizza + Booster Juice
- May 21 - Subway + Booster Juice
These dates are now active on the Healthy Hunger Platform, and ordering can take place at this time. For any questions, please contact the Fun Lunch Coordinators at funlunchcollingwood@gmail.com.
Clothing Donations
We are in need of gently used children’s clothing. We are running low on socks, (new)underwear, girl pants of all sizes, boys pants (larger sizes). Thank you!
Kindergarten and Grade 1 Open House
Collingwood School will be hosting a open house on Thursday January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM. Please share this information with friends and neighbours who might be interested in our school for next year. We have invited a few daycares who service our school to be available, from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM for a Q&A session and give a short presentation about their program and service.
School Zone Safety
A friendly reminder to our Collingwood parents, to please slow down and take extra precautions when dropping off students in the morning. We understand it is a high traffic area, but please arrive at school early and use the designated student drop off zone.
School Field Trips Fees Payable Online
School Field Trip Fees are uploaded online. To view and pay your fees, please log into your MyCBE. Please use this Student Fee Guide to pay the fees online.
If a waiver is not obtained and school fees are unpaid, these costs ultimately come out of the school budget.
Thank you for your ongoing support of Collingwood School.
If you need to park your vehicle on the opposite side of school, please cross the road with your child at the marked crosswalk. We want to ensure that everyone stays safe.
If you have are concerned about school zone safety, you may choose to fill in a traffic- service request using this Calgary Police Service link: Traffic Service Requests
School Year Calendar
Visit our School Website Calendar to keep up-to date with new events and field trips:
Student Forms Online
All opening school forms have transitioned online to your MYCBE account
The following forms can be found in your MYCBE account – scroll to the tab that says “online forms and school registration in the menu field
- Student Demographic Forms
- Authorization Forms – Consents for CBE and Media
For help in accessing your MYCBE account see our support page.
For new families who enrolled in Kindergarten and other Grades:
New families to the CBE and Collingwood School will need to create a MyCBE Account.
Follow the following instructions to retrieve your student CBE ID number in your SchoolEngage account.
You will need your email address on file at the school, as well as the student’s CBE ID. This can be found on the SchoolEngage student profile for families that registered their child using SchoolEngage.
For a visual guide on how to find the CBE ID within SchoolEngage, refer to SchoolEnage CBE Student ID
See our support page for instructions on signing up for a MyCBE account or accessing an existing account.
Your MyCBE account is used as long as your child remains at CBE from kindergarten to Grade 12, so please register with an email that will be active during this period.
Ongoing Fundraising for Our School
Flipgive: Shop, Earn, Give. This funding app/site earns cash for thing you already buy at no additional cost to you! Continue to buy the things you need online with family favorites like Amazon, Sport Check, Walmart and a portion of sales will go towards the school. Visit: https://www.flipgive.com/teams/163995-collingwood-school-parents-assocaitionand Enter invitation code XMCQMJ.
Mabel’s Labels Link: Prevent those germy mix-ups and label everything going to school. You can also find those lost mittens a way home. 20% of sales come back to Collingwood. Search “Collingwood School Parent Association” https://mabelslabels.com/support-a-fundraiser/
Donating Opportunities: Did you know? Many employers have donation matching programs. Check with your employer and your donation can be doubled with ease! Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more.
Visit the EducationMatters online donation webpage to make a donation. (Preferred donation method)
Write a cheque payable to EducationMatters (all one word) and include the name of our school and the specific program, activity or item you want your donation to support in the 'memo' section. Give the cheque to the school or mail it to: EducationMatters, 1221 8 Street SW Calgary, AB T2R 0L4
If you do not require a tax receipt, families may write cheques directly to the Collingwood School Parents Association.
To donate directly to the Naturalization Area, please visit the Education Matters website https://www.educationmatters.ca and ensure that you indicate that the donation is for Collingwood School (Naturalization Area).